A 37 Km ride and
another Dalat classic. This is the most
physically challenging of our rides.
This ride starts out with a good warm up before pushing through a series
of punishing hills. Save yourself for
the end on this one. Fantastic views
throughout the ride and a great sampling of the terrain with lakes, pine forest
and small country farms.

After
this single track section we connect into a pine forested valley area to the
east of Dalat. This is where the hills
start to rise up in front of you. The
trail varies between a wider dirt trail and technical single track.

This
section of the ride has great rolling sections, some very tough hills and steep
descents.

After
we have pounded out the steepest (but thankfully one of the shortest) hill on
the ride, we come to a beautiful clearing that looks out over the forested area
to the north of Dalat. We take a well earned rest here to have lunch.

Lunch
consists of fresh veggies and fruits, baguettes with an assortment of toppings
and a French-style pastry to satisfy your sweet tooth. Dalat is known as the
vegetable garden of Vietnam and lunch offers you a chance to try some of
Dalat’s tasty produce.

After
lunch we head out of the forest and back into the beautiful farmland area that
sits at the mouth of the valley. We
briefly overlap a section of trail ridden earlier and head back to Dalat on
sealed road to complete a lopsided, crazy looking figure 8.

The
total ride covers about 37 kilometers and moves from Dalat at 1500 meters to an
elevation of around 1650 meters and then back down again. A great ride for those looking for varied
terrain, a challenge and something slightly technical. Crazy 8 starts from Dalat and heads out to the east past Xuan Huong Lake
and up through an area of flower farms.
The road turns to dirt after 6 km and meanders around Victory Lake
before turning to single track

PTV Vietnam is the longest running adventure sports outfitter in Vietnam specializing in mountain biking, white water rafting, trekking, rock climbing and canyoning. We have offices in both Dalat and Hoi An.